What scientist would not long to go on living, if only to see how the little truths he has brought to light will grow up?

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are murderer.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

To be adult is to be alone.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

Stand up and walk. Move on. After all, you have perfect legs to stand on.

The spiritual fire defines the strength of faith.

The moment Noah came up behind me and kissed the side of my neck, I was torn between leaning into him and skirting away. Every muscle in my body screamed to fall into him.

Character is the real you-“the you in you that makes you the you, you are

The limitation of riots, moral questions aside, is that they cannot win, and their participants know it.

There are powers inside of you which, if you could discover and use, would make of you everything you ever dreamed or imagined you could become.

I will stand with Israel if they are attacked.

And biblically, again, I'm going to go right back to my fundamental Christian beliefs marriage is between one man and one woman.

Climate change is, over the longer term, our greatest national security challenge. We have to do all we can to slow it down and to prepare for and ameliorate its impact.